Golden City Brewery

Microbrewery in Golden, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Golden City Brewery

Established in 1993

Contact
920 12th St, Golden, CO, 80401, United States
Description
Golden City Brewery was founded in 1993 by two geologists, Charlie & Janine Sturdavant. They filled the old machine shop behind their historic Golden home with used dairy tanks and Charlie began brewing German-style ales. The tasting room was originally located in the sunroom of their house and provided Red Ale and Pale Ale to the local community in half-gallon growlers and kegs. Since that time, the operation has expanded at the same location (still their home). The carriage house has become the tasting room, the backyard is the beer garden. The brewery is still in the machine shop, but a second level was added inside. All the old “frankenbrew” equipment has been replaced with real beer fermenters and a slightly used gas-fired kettle. The brewery produces those now legendary Red & Pale Ales, in addition to a few other brews.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown to orange with no lasting head. Aroma is spiced and caramelish malty. Sweet, caramelish and slight toasted. Slight spiced and dry malty. Ends lingering malty.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2011 at 12:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Pours deep golden with a slight haze and a tiny rough white head. Sweet alcoholic aroma of overripe fruit. Solid body, almost flat, a little overripe fruit with an amazingly hot alcohol finish. 270411

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2011 at 12:52


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

bottle at home ... amber ... thinest white head ... soft sweet toffee tofeee malts ... that american malt i dont like .. nose ... light sweet toffee fruit ... light malt ... sweet fruity hop ... ok but again not me... little honnyish

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2011 at 14:29


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity, apricot. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100805]

Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2011 at 12:52


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bomber - fizzy, cola-like pour - this seems to be suffering from the early onset of an infection - oxidation, stale maltiness, a papery character - a mild tartness that seems like it would have soon turned into a sourness - this seems to be a problem with their bottled products - seems like it was probably a good stout when it went in the bottle, though - coffee, toasty character, bittersweet chocolate - but it is all subordinate to the infection - moderate acidity in the finish - maybe they just need to stop bottling?

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2011 at 20:46


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Hazy copper colour. Very decent. Hoppy. It’s a decent hoppy beer with a touch of pink grapefruit on the flavour. OK-ish.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 03:47


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at the brewpub. Pale gold/white head. Strong chile aroma. Near med body/light carb. Flavor is chile [Hatch green chiles]. Nice chile flavor - not a great deal of chile heat. Very nice flavor.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2010 at 21:46


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at the brewpub. Pours black with tan head. Burnt malt aroma. Fullish body/creamy carb. Flavor is smooth burnt malt - and I think I get the oatmeal aspect. Plus it is nicely hopped. Very, very good.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2010 at 21:41


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at the brewpub. Pours amber with beige head. Resin aroma. Med body/creamy carb. Lots of resin and some citrus over sturdy caramel. Quite tasty.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2010 at 21:39


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at the brewpub. Brilliant ruddy amber with a beige head. Malty aroma. Medium body/firm carbonation. Roast malt flavor with grassy hop. An oktoberfest more tasty than many.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2010 at 21:34